Nov. 24, 2014
[Beijing Forum 2014] Allen Turner: the newest Silk Roads of culture and economy
Peking University, Nov. 24, 2014: It is common knowledge that there is a famous Silk Road in the history. Then, are there any Silk Roads existing in the 21st century? At Beijing Forum 2014, Allen M. Turner, former Chairman of Columbia College Chicago’s Board of Trustees and a par...
Nov. 14, 2014
International symposium on “Lermontov and World Literature“ held
Peking University, November 13, 2014: On October 17th and 18th, the Russian Department of School of Foreign Languages, Peking University, held an international symposium on the theme of "Lermontov and World Literature". The symposium was held in commemoration of the bicentenary o...
Nov. 13, 2014
[Beijing Forum 2014] Dr. Liu Zhi: planning laws for economic growth, or for social justice?
Peking University, Nov. 8, 2014: “But for us, the city planners, we need to ask ourselves two big questions. Is our planning for growth or for social justice? This is the first one. And the second one is – does the current system of planning laws match the rapidly growing need fo...
Nov. 13, 2014
[Beijing Forum 2014] Christopher J. Webster: China to lead in designing high density healthy cities
Peking University, Nov. 9, 2014: “China has a chance to design healthy cities in a way that Europe and America never did,” said Prof. Christopher J. Webster, Dean of Faculty of Architecture, University of Hong Kong (HKU), in his presentation entitled “High Density Healthy Cities...
Nov. 12, 2014
[Beijing Forum 2014] Nicholas B. Dirks: The Opening of the American Mind
Peking University, Nov. 7, 2014: After the opening ceremony of Beijing Forum 2014 at Diaoyutai State Guest House this morning, Professor Nicholas B. Dirks, chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley gave a report as one of the four speakers in the keynote speech section...
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